Gerrit Cole Scratched

Gerrit Cole is Projected to Be the #3 Starting Pitcher...Behind Justin Verlander and Ahead of Walker Buehler the Rest of the Season

By
Scout Staff

Aug 15, 2019
• 1 min read
UpdateAug 15, 2019, 11:36am

SCOUT ANALYST JOHN BOLLMAN'S TAKE

Gerrit Cole was scratched yesterday ahead of his start with a hamstring injury. He was not able to make his start and the extent of the injury is not known. They are expected to know more about the injury today, so we’ll know if a stint on the IL is required.

REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Based on our latest projection, you can expect Gerrit Cole to be an elite fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 57.89 projected fantasy points puts him at #3 behind Justin Verlander and ahead of Walker Buehler. He has averaged 6.98 fantasy points in his past 57 games, which is slightly less than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 7.24 fantasy points. His rank based on average projected points is the same as his rank based on total fantasy points. He is underrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 98%, he is the #7 most highly owned starting pitcher. Gerrit Cole is expected to come up slightly short of this season-to-date's #2 fantasy position rank.

REST OF SEASON RANK (SP)

PROJECTION

FANTASY STATS SINCE 2018

#1 Max Scherzer (98% OWN)

71 FP, 8.9 per game

271 FP, 35 gp, 7.73 per game (#2)

#2 Justin Verlander (98% OWN)

69 FP, 8.6 per game

243 FP, 34 gp, 7.15 per game (#4)

#3 Gerrit Cole (98% OWN)

58 FP, 7.2 per game

200 FP, 32 gp, 6.26 per game (#8)

#4 Walker Buehler (98% OWN)

54 FP, 7.1 per game

92 FP, 23 gp, 3.99 per game (#20)

#5 Jose Berrios (98% OWN)

53 FP, 5.8 per game

57 FP, 32 gp, 1.79 per game (#48)

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and next week. Also included are actual stats from the current and last season.